By: Ali Lyon

chief reporter Ali Lyon is the chief reporter at City AM, responsible for covering the full gamut of business, finance and wealth news. He has been at City AM full-time since July 2024. Get in touch with tips via email: ali.lyon@cityam.com. Follow Ali on X: @alilyon_94

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Xlinks’ sub-sea high-wire act

March 20, 2025

The story of a Moroccan wind and solar farm the size of Greater London providing energy for a country thousands of miles away would ordinarily be the preserve of sci-fi books. But Xlinks founder Simon Morrish tells Ali Lyon that the only thing stopping it from becoming a reality is the UK’s snail-paced state. Simon Morrish is [...]
In the dumps: Man with £769m of bitcoin in landfill has appeal rejected

March 14, 2025

James Howells, the man who claims to have lost £769m worth of bitcoin in a Welsh landfill, has had his appeal thrown out by the second-highest court in the land – and has now resolved to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights. Howells, who lost 8,000 coins of the cryptocurrency after [...]
Gold clears $3,000 for first time ever

March 14, 2025

Gold prices scaled $3,000 per ounce for the first time ever on Friday, as investors and central banks continue to hoover up the popular safe haven asset as a bulwark against persistent geopolitical and economic uncertainty. The milestone caps an astonishing rally for the yellow metal in recent years. The price of gold has jumped [...]
Payments watchdog bosses given hours to tell staff of FCA merger

March 12, 2025

Payment Systems Regulator top brass did not know the watchdog was definitely being merged into the Financial Conduct Authority until just hours before it became public and used media leaks to prepare their response for the sweeping change, the regulator’s interim boss has said. Speaking at a Treasury Committee hearing less than 24 hours after [...]
Government urged to ditch ‘shares tax’ for retail investors

March 12, 2025

The government must use its Spring Statement to cut the stamp duty on shares paid by retail investors to help foster a British investment culture and boost financial inclusion, Hargreaves Lansdown has said. In an impassioned plea, the investment platform argued cutting the tax, which is applied on the purchase of all UK shares, would [...]
Financial watchdogs ditch DEI regulation and ‘name and shame’ plans

March 12, 2025

The UK’s two main financial watchdogs have ditched plans to impose diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) targets on City institutions amid a government push to put Britain’s regulators on a growth footing. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) announced on Wednesday that in light of the “broad range” of feedback and [...]
Steel tariffs ‘couldn’t come at a worse time’ for UK industry

March 12, 2025

UK industry heavyweights have branded Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium imports a “difficult day for transatlantic trade” that will put “considerable pressure” on the UK’s metals sector. Tariffs on the two widely-used commodities came into force on Wednesday morning, meaning all UK steel and aluminium exports to the US will now be subject [...]
Trump turbulence endangering global ‘soft landing’, BIS warns

March 11, 2025

The economic convulsions wrought by Donald Trump’s volatile tariff announcements and swingeing public sector job cuts are threatening hopes of a soft landing after years of inflation, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has said. The BIS, known widely as the ‘central bank of central banks’, warned in its latest global report that while it [...]
Deloitte names new UK financial services lead

March 11, 2025

Deloitte has appointed consulting veteran Suresh Kanwar to head up its financial services division in the UK and join its executive committee. Kanwar previously led the audit and consultancy behemoth’s banking and capital markets team, and his new new role makes him one of the 13 most senior figures in Deloitte’s 27,000-strong army of UK [...]
KPMG to merge dozens of markets in major overhaul

March 10, 2025

Big Four audit giant KPMG will merge dozens of its national partnerships in an attempt to accelerate growth and minimise audit scandals. The move to integrate its panoply of businesses, each of which is owned by the respective partners in each jurisdiction, represents one of the most significant shake-ups at a major professional services network [...]

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